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AGC-Legislative Priority Heading to Governor Walz
The AGC Government Affairs team is thrilled to report our worker safety and underground utility legislation was passed this week by both the House and the Senate and is on its way to the Governor for his signature! The bill was included in the transportation policy conference committee report, which is the final product when a select group of Representatives and Senators negotiate between their respective positions on a bill or multiple bills within an issue area. In this case, they came to an agreement on transportation policy issues, and the full House and Senate then voted to approve. The conference committee report that includes the safety and underground utility bill received broad bipartisan support- and unanimous support in the Senate. (97-30 vote in the House and 67-0 in the Senate) In the era of divisive politics, it’s important to highlight this area of agreement for our bill and many other transportation issues.
Go here or the full language: HF 3436 transportation policy conference committee report (pages 66-73).
Governor Walz will receive the bill in the coming days for his consideration and signature.
Stay tuned for future opportunities to celebrate and learn about these important safety updates and changes.
Thank you to all of our AGC members and allies for helping to push this across the finish line after years of advocacy!
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